Hilarious Fallout: New Vegas Intro Bug!
You can bet your bottom dollar that after seeing this exorcist style Fallout bug, it’ll be relatively hard to ‘unsee’ it. Upon starting a new character in New Vegas, the player is shocked to find that every player in his universe sports a rather boneless neck. As humorous as this, it’s quite sad to think
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Wii Party Review
Wii Party Box
What makes Wii Party different from the rest?
Wii Sports, Wii Play or Mario Party. Nintendo’s motion sensored console definately doesn’t have an absence of casual and fun multiplayer games. Who could blame Nintendo though? Their main target seems to be that of a more family orientated or casual gaming audience. Now Wii Party is the latest in the series of multiplayer games that the Wii seems to love.
So what is Wii Party? At first glance it seems just like any other Wii Party game. You can choose to play games from one to four players using your own Mii which is a nice personalisation as with previous party games although certain game modes are strictly for more than one player. You compete against each other through a series of mini games in attempt to come out on top.
Wii Party has many game modes. The first which are known as party games and are split up in five categories. Board Game Island requires you to navigate around a board attempting to beat your opponents just like Mario Party. Globe Trot is a game that requires you to use more of your brain as you aim to travel to places such as India, Egypt and the USA in order to gain the most souvenirs and photographs. Unlike Mario Party, Wii Party manages to make use of quick gameplay. There aren’t any traps that slow down the gameplay, just a nice, fast paced game although the ability to skip NPC turns would have been nice.
The variety of games throughout are brilliant. From can shooting, barrell stopping, jigsaw swapping and many more, you won’t find yourself complaining about a lack of games. They all make fantastic use of the Wii – mote and all are fun and quirky to play. It’s a shame that other party games can’t be placed on the same level. Modes such as spin off although you can play mini games often come out as rather bland and boring. You spin a wheel board aiming to win the most coins. It takes a while to finally play a game and you’ll find yourself often watching coins just going into the bank. The only way someone could possibly do that for a long time is if it was real money.
What makes Wii Party special though is not the quirky design and music which is trademark Nintendo but the house party games which bring a new level of interaction to party games. Games such as Animal Tracker which players lay the Wii – motes out and attempt to be the first to pick it up after an animal sound is emitted, or Time Bomb where players must pass the Wii – mote around before it blows up on screen are fun and interactive multiplayer games. They’ll often get everyone involved unlike any other on screen games making them very nice touches to any party game.
Wii Party is a fun game that should get any casual party going. The majority of the games are often fun, exciting and they will get everyone in on the action. If you like the social element of gaming then Wii Party should not be missed.
+ Large variety of games
+ Great social element
+ Makes fantastic use of Wii-mote
- Can be slow at times
- Can get boring at times
SCORE 8 / 10
Rally to restore sanity
/Father Guido Sarducci
Trick or Treat? Murder Mystery Party Game: A Stab in the Dark
I learned a very valuable lesson this past weekend.
Back when DVD was a new technology, they used to play infomercials on late night TV trying to convince the masses that life couldn’t continue without a DVD player. In the infomercial the dad from Happy Days would show you how DVDs have multiple angles, and could instantly change tracks to different sequences like a CD. He made mention that those combined technologies would allow DVD makers to produce games for DVD players. Games? He was right, my life couldn’t go on without DVD. I did everything in my power to get a DVD player for Christmas. I started leaving Post-its on the fridge and taped to the TV screen saying “DVD player for Christmas! Don’t forget! Love you 
It didn’t matter that my TV had a note on the back from a repair shop that said “Last checked: Aug. 1985” or that it had no inputs other than coaxial cable. It didn’t even matter that there were zero games for DVD players at the time, and none in the pipeline. All that mattered was that tiny thought in the back of my head that eventually games would roll out and I would be the first kid on the block to have them.
I’ve been waiting for more than 10 years for some games on DVD. Dragon’s Lair and some old FMV arcade games came out on DVD a few years ago but they really didn’t do it for me. None of them were brand new games built from the ground up for DVD players like the ones I had been dreaming about for the last decade. Dragons Liar is as old as that old wood-encased TV that used to be in my bedroom.
A week ago the dollar store finally served me up what I had been waiting for. But was it a trick or a treat?
Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday and the Dollar Tree is a great place to pick up candy, decorations and decor for any parties you many be wanting to throw. This year I wanted to buy one of those DVDs with all the scary sound effects and music to play while I hand out candy to the ghouls and ghosts that come trick or treating at my door. I came across something stocked amongst the movies. It was an interactive, full-motion-video, multiplayer game on DVD. The game is called Murder Mystery Party Game: A Stab in the Dark. I instantly picked it up and read the back. It said:
The Unique New DVD Party Game<
Any number can play! There’s a body in room 101 and everyone has an alibi! Can you solve it?
Use your TV remote to – Examine the crime scene, visit the Coroner, interrogate the suspects! Full interactivity with navigational menus and live action video. Works on any DVD playing device. Comes with full color clue book.
I only had a couple dollars on me so I had to put the headphones I was going to buy back on the shelf (Sorry Hun, I guess it’s going to be a couple more days of you having weird World War 2 dreams because I play Medal of Honor: Heroes in bed. Love you!). I took it right home and popped it in the DVD player.
After spending about an hour searching for clues, interrogating suspects and piling together my evidence, I was ready to make an arrest. I solved the case and felt pretty good about myself.
Which is scarier? You decide
I invited a few people over last weekend for a couples Halloween party game night, headlined by A Stab in the Dark. As we started taking turns playing, I realized that everything seemed to be exactly the same as it was the first time I played. The same clues, the same interrogations, the same evidence. The only thing different was the order we were doing everything in. That’s when I realized, this game has only one ending. No matter how many times I restart it or try to do things differently I will always come to the same guilty party, with the same motive for murder. In fact this wasn’t really a game at all, it was nothing more then a poorly produced, badly acted, extremely short movie with little actual interaction. Luckily, everyone else was playing through it for the first time so they all enjoyed themselves quite a bit.
After we solved the case my buddies wife said “Let’s play again! I cant wait to see who did it this time!” But knowing that someone would want to play it again I had already put the DVD away and gotten Game Party 3 for the Wii all ready to go. After a few games of Horseshoes and Ski Ball, everyone all but forgot about the murder.
The lesson in all this? No matter if it’s the dad from Happy Days, Bill Cosby or Sgt. Slaughter himself, don’t listen to stars from the 80s — DVD players are not gaming machines.
Retro City Rampage mixtape released
Retro City Rampage is a notable title because it’s a loving homage to the 80s, and the soundtrack is going to be a big part of that. Thanks to developer Vblank, you can preview it now.
There are three artists working on the game’s soundscape, and they all come bearing impressive resumes. Chiptune artist Virt has been creating tracks for years, and has worked most recently on Shante: Risky’s Revenge on the DSiWare service. He also has composed the music for Contra 4, Red Faction II, and Batman: The Brave & the Bold.
Freaky DNA has made gaming music as far back as the 16-bit days, having worked on NBA ’95. The recent NBA Jam game features his work as well. Norrin Radd, according to Vblank, “brought deathmetal to the NES with his album Anomaly.”
You can download the MP3 version here or check out a video version below. Also, be sure to read our hands-on preview here.
Retro City Rampage is due out on WiiWare at some point this year, though no release date has been announced.
Retro City Rampage Soundtrack Demo Mixtape from Vblank on Vimeo.
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